Some serious bullshit in the CA-36 primary election tonight

[Ramulux]

Debra Bowen finished third by a little over 200 votes right behind tea party psycho Craig Huey. Now she wont be in the runoff and we are gonna end up with Janice Hahn in this seat. We just missed an opportunity to put a really strong progressive in congress and instead got an establishment hack.

I'm really pissed about this. I dont understand why Marcy Winograd's supporters didn't understand that this was in essence a race between Hahn and Bowen, as unfair as that may be. Marcy did not have a chance and if only 1/20 of Winograd voters switched to Bowen she would have made the runoff and would have probably beaten Hahn in the runoff. Its a shame how Marcy got crowded out of the race and she would have easily been my first choice, but you gotta look at the political realities and weigh your options.

[cali]

1. that's disheartening. sorry.

[Scuba]

2. Thanks for posting. Amplifies the need for grass roots activism. Our primaries...

...and party caucuses are critical in candidate selection.

We need more progressives, fewer blue dogs.